Residents React to Prue Conviction

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Created on Wednesday, 22 October 2014 20:54
Written by Ryan Rutledge

allen prueNORTHEAST KINGDOM - As results of the murder trial of Allen Prue were announced in Burlington this morning, residents in the Northeast Kingdom were quick to react.

 

It's a case that has been going on for two years, and Lyndonville resident Rocky Larocque believes that it "was a little longer than it should of been." Larcoque also weighed in on Patricia Prue's alleged involvement in the 2012 incident that lead to the death of St. Johnsbury Academy teacher Melissa Jenkins.

"She's as guilty as he is, they were together," he said. "They did it, they planned it, they have all the evidence." Patricia Prue's trial is expected to begin in February of next year.

Diane Malanson, a resident of St. Johnsbury, believes that life in prison still wouldn't be enough for Allen Prue.

"I didn't believe in the death penalty before, but this made me change my mind, especially when there's a child there."

Melissa Jenkins' son, Tyrell Robertson, was with Melissa when she went to assist the Prues after receiving a phone call requesting her help.

Allen Prue's conviction carries a sentence of 35 years to life, and no sentencing date has been set yet. Vermont abolished the death penalty in 1964, but according to the Death Penalty Information Center, there were only 26 executions before 1976.

Looking toward Patricia Prue's day in court, Prosecutor Lisa Warren said, "It's gonna be the same evidence and then some, because it's a different defendant and some different fact patterns that we have to address with Ms. Prue's case."